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While interesling:, lhe Sawusky boob read mort like spy dtriUm man serious
studies. Very few of these boob include an examination at the RCMP in me 1930's
or the RCMP and Fascism. The one book to delve into lhe lOpic is Mount's
Canada's Enemiu: Spies and Spying in 1M Peaceobk Kbl8dom.· Mounl's book
offen a SuperfICial glimpse at sevenl periods in CanIda's history, from spying
during !he Spanish-American and Boer Wan to the ClA in Canada durina: the 1960'$.
The chapler on Fascism in Canada. •Nazi German Consular Poses as Sources of
Information, 1933--1939,· is larplya rehash of sec:ondary sources and COIUins lilde
new information. Mowx's ICCOLInt is useful, bowevcr, u il cooc::enttaIa on lhe
infomwion the German Consuls sent to Germany, inswd of the more c:ommonly
examined topic: of how the German Consuls influenced the local communities.
The primary problem with many of these accouftlS is the sensational manner in
which they were written. Almost aU of these boob were produced during an
atmOSphere in which RCMP wrongdoing was being exposed. In addition, they
concentrate almost cxclUSMly on me period after 194$ and seem fascinatat with spies
and spying.
While .::ademic lituMure on !be RCMP Secwity Service is relatively spanc,
Iherc has been some serious academic Vo'OC'k rqarding the illlUDal Ihreats to SWe
Security and the affect these threats had on the &rowth of the RCMP security and
'Grzmc S. Mount, CaIIada's EltDnies: Spies GIld SpyUt, ill 1M PeoctobU
KUlgdom (Toronto: Dundum Press, 1993).
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